On Jan 12, 2008 11:05 PM, Brian Brazil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Within the next 12 hours, I'll be releasing new versions of the 'mesa' and
>
> 'xserver-xorg' packages to remove non-free code. This code is essential
> to all OpenGL/GLX related (i.e. 3d graphics) X packages in gNewSense.
> Accordingly, almost anything that uses 3d graphics in gNewSense will
> break.
This has been pushed. The next time you update your gNewSense system you
should see these changes.
Brian
>
> For most applications, this will happen instantly at startup:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] glxinfo
> glxinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.s.o1 : cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> although others might be a bit more cryptic (e.g. amarok).
>
> We've yet to come up with a definitive list of what will break but
> it'll be at least 200 packages. If you run
> apt-cache rdepends libgl{,u}1-mesa | fgrep -v : | tr -d '| ' | sort -u
> on a deltad system, you will get a partial list.
>
> Our testing thus far indicates that this does not break anything
> non-3d, so applications such as BurningDog and OpenOffice.org
> will continue to work.
>
> If you come across new problems with your gNewSense systems
> over the next few days, please check for this before mailing the list
> or filing a bug.
>
> Brian
>
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